Device



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1* E. A. TRUSSELL. PAPER HOLDING DEVICE.

No. 590,175. Patented Sept. 14, 1897. 17

(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 2.

E. A. TRUSSELL.

PAPER HOLDING DEVICE.

No, 590,175. Patented Sept. 14, 1897.

Aea't Even 01 W ,23920/ 4 12 1495 @ZZ UNITED STATES PATENT =1 arren.

EMORY A. TRUSSELL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO SIEBER & TRUSSELLMANUFACTURING 00., OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER-HOLDING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,175, datedSeptember 1.4, 1897. Application filed June 9,1897. Serial No. 640,006.(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMORY A. TRUSSELL, a resident of the city of St.Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Paper-Holding Devices, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a device for holding sheets of paper, the devicebeing of a construction capable of receiving the insertion of a quantityof sheets, one or more at a time, and holding those first insertedfirmly while the subsequently-inserted sheets are being inserted. Thedevice is capable of employment upon a clip-board or as a paper-holdingclip without a board, or it is capable of employment in connection withbookbindingmachines, such as shown and described in my application forLetters Patent of the United States, filed February 15, 1897, underSerial- My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a top view of my improvementapplied to a clipboard. Fig. 2 is a top view of the base-frame andsecondary clip-bar, showing the pivotarms of the main clip-bar insection, the controlling-spring and operating-lever being omitted. Fig.3 is a rear view of the device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side viewshowing the main clip-bar elevated and the secondary bar depressed. Fig.5 is a side view showing the main clip-bar depressed and the secondarybar elevated. Fig. 6 is a face view of a modified form of the device.Fig.7 illustrates a section taken on line VII VII, Fig. 8, and shows theparts beneath said line in face view. Fig. 8 is aside View of themodified form with the main clip-bar depressed and the secondary barelevated. Fig. 9 is a side view showing the bars in the reverse positionfrom that shown in Fig. 8.

In the drawings, and referring first to Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, 1designates a clip-board, to which is secured a base-frame 2. On theframe 2 are uprights 3,that form stops to limit the extent of insertionof the sheets of paper when placed in thedevice. At therear portion ofthe base-frame are hanger-arms t, in which a shaft 5 is mounted.

(5 designates the main clip-bar, provided with arms 7, that are pivotedto the shaft 5.

On the shaft 5 is a spring 8, wound in opposite direction from thecentral portion of saidshaft, having a central loop 10, that bearsagainst the board 1, and having its ends resting in contact with thearms '7, whereby the pressure of the spring is caused to be exerted uponthe clip-bar 6 for the purpose of throwing it downward.

11 designates a secondary clip-bar, having arms 12, pivoted to the shaft5. ary bar is provided with a slot 13, in which an operating-lever 14 ispivotall y mounted upon a'pin 15.

The operating-lever is provided with a cam 16, that a backward throw ofthe lever moves into contact with and rides against the under side of.the frame 6*of the main clip-bar 6, thus causing the main clip-bar to beelevated, and the pressure of the spring 8 upon the main clip-bar formsa pressure upon such main bar sufficient to cause the secondary bar tobe depressed on the main bar being elevated by the cam. When theoperating-lever is again thrown forward, the spring 8 forces the mainbar downward and the secondary bar is e1evated by means of a spring 17on the shaft 5, which spring bears against the rear portion of the framell of the bar 11 and is in contact with the board 1.

In the operation of the device the operating-lever is thrown rearwardly,as seen in Fig.

4:, and one or more sheets of paper A are inserted with their endsresting upon the bar 11 and against the stops 3, which limit the eX-tent of their insertion. The operating-lever is then thrown forward intothe position shown in Fig. 5, in which action the main bar 6 first comesinto contact with the sheets of paper and holds them firmly into contactwith the board 1. lVhen the bar 6 has reached contact with the sheet orsheets of paper inserted, which it does before the lever has reached thelimit of its forward movement, the spring 17 causes the secondary bar 11to be elevated,

This secondthus freeing it from the paper previously resting upon it,and it ascends to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 5. Then itis desired to insert additional sheets of paper, the

operating-lever is again thrown backward, and before the main clip-barleaves contact with the inserted paper the secondary bar reaches contacttherewith and holds the inserted paper firmly while the additional paperis inserted in the same manner as before and the main bar is descendingupon the paper, as before described.

In the modified form of device shown in Figs. (5 to 9, inclusive, 2designates the baseframe, provided with a stop 3 and hangerarms at. 6designates the main clip-bar. The frame 6 carries arms 7, that arepivotally mounted upon the shaft 5, supported in the hanger-arms 4. Therear end of the frame 6 is provided with a finger-hold G. The mainclip-bar 6 is depressed by means of a spring 8, the ends of which bearagainst the hangerarms 4, while its central loop bears against the frame6. The secondary clip-bar 11 is pivotally connected to the shaft 5 andis controlled by a spring 17", that bears against the frame of the mainclip-bar and against the secondary bar, by means of which spring thesecondary bar is held normally with its forward end elevated, as shownin Fig. 8. In so far as regards the reciprocating action of theclip-bars the operation and function of device shown in Figs. 1 to 5,inclusive and 6 to 9, inclusive, is identical.

In the operation of the modified form the papers may be inserted byelevating the main bar and placing it in the position shown in Fig. 8,or by grasping the rear fingerl1olds of both bars the secondary bar willbe depressed, as shown in Fig. 9, and the main bar will be elevated. Thepapers may then be inserted upon the secondary bar, as illustrated inFig. 9, in the same manner as described with relation to the main formof device, and on the lowering of the main bar by its release from thegrasp of the operator the secondary bar will ascend under the pressureof the spring 17.

In the employment of the device shown in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, thesheets of paper may be all removed at once by throwing the lever 14rearwardly and depressing it, thus elevating both of the bars andrelieving the papers from their pressure. A body of sheets may also beinserted by operating the parts in the same manner.

In the form of device shown in Figs. 6 to 9, inclusive, the same resultmay be accomplished by elevating both of the bars 6 and 11simultaneously.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a paper-holding device, the combinationof a base, a pair of spring-controlled paper-grippin g bars, the grippinportion of one of which is arranged forward of the gripping portion ofthe other, said bars being arranged to be alternately moved toward andfrom said base, and means through which said bars may be alternatelymoved, one toward said base and the other away from said base;substantially as described.

2. In a paper-holding device, the combination of a base, a pair ofspring-controlled paper-gripping bars, the gripping portion of one ofwhich is arranged forward of the gripping portion of the other, saidbars being arranged to be alternately moved toward and from said base,and a lever through means of which said bars may be alternately movedone toward said base and the other away from said base; substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

In a paper-holding device, the combination of a base, a main bar, aspring adapted to throwsaid bar toward said base, a secondary barlocated in the rear of said main bar, and a spring adapted to elevatesaid second ary bar, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a paper-holding device, the combination of a base, a main bar, aspring adapted to throw said bar toward said base, a secondary barlocated in the rear of said main bar, a spring adapted to elevate saidsecondary bar, and means for elevating said main bar, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

5. In a paper-holding device, the combination of a base, a main bar, aspring adapted to throw said bar toward said base, a secondary barlocated in the rear of said main bar, a spring adapted to elevate saidsecondary bar, and a lever arranged to elevate said main bar,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a paper-holding device, the combination of a base, a main bar, aspring adapted to throw said bar toward said base, a secondary barlocated in the rear of said main bar, a spring adapted to elevate saidsecondary bar, and a lever provided with a cam adapted to elevatesaidmain bar, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a paper-holding device, the combination of a base, a main barpivotally connected to said base, a spring adapted to throw said mainbar toward said base, a secondary bar pivotally connected to said base,a spring adapted to elevate said secondary bar, and a lever arranged toelevate said main bar and depress said secondary bar, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

8. In a paper-holding device, the combination of a base, a main barpivotally connected to said base, a spring adapted to throw said bartoward said base, a secondary bar pivotally connected to said base, aspring adapted to elevate said secondary bar, and a lever pro vided witha cam arranged to elevate said main bar and throw said secondary bartoward said base, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

0. In a paper-holding device, the combination of a base, a main barpivotally connected to said base, a spring adapted to throw said bartoward said base, a secondary bar pivotsaid bars, substantially as andfor the purally connected to said base, a spring adapted pose set forth.to elevate said secondary bar, a lever arranged to elevate said main barand throwsaid see- TRUSSELL' 5 ondary bar toward said base, and stopsadapt- In presence ofed to limit the extent of insertion of a sheet E.S. KNIGHT,

of paper beneath said main bar or botli of 1 E. O. MOORE.

